FIREMEN PERISH IN FALLEN RUINS Mm Live* Crushed Oat at a SL

Louis Fire.

; KMARKABLE ESCAPE OF THE CHIEF 1 White a Nearer si Brave Flre-FIthUrs Are ! Wsrfclat la OU BoIWIbi Occapkd by the | Aacrksn Teal and A*-alo|t Company the Slrnctnre Coflap ei and the Mea Go

Dowa la (br Mass-

I Sl. t 4iSuis. Mo. (Special).—At least 'pme men were killed and as many more htjared in a fire which broke out here in the five-story stone and brick building located at 314 Chestnut street, occupied by the American Tent and Awning Company. The building suddenly Collapsed, and. although the dozen men who were caught in the crash had not been reached by their hard-working companies two hours later, it is almost j.aibaolutcly certain that nine of them

hare .succumbed.

! The building in which the fire started was in the old business section, and was , about 50 years old. The blaze, which ' proved a hard one for the fire departSnent to master, had been brought practically under control, when suddenly. ]whh absolutely no warning, the build-

collapsed ami^ai

ing coliai | wrth a t

ning. the build-

ame down in a heap

could be '

l andt__— —.

_ noise that could be heard for Tnterry was on his way with three of his men to lend them aid when the*

'building collapsed.

, The men went down with tons of twisted iron, brick, stone and wooden

s enveloping them. Chief S'

nejoping them. Chief Swing- , who was in. front of the building

■Ejecting his men, had a miraculous escape from death. As the front wall feu outward he scurried across the street a'hd fell under the aerial truck. The truck was covered with debris and

tally wrecked, and it was to its shel- { protection that the chief owes his Frank Lingo, driver ot the truck.

Sing a stre

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

disag! r ;.T

Academy

le tninc-

ssion of their

_ Indianapolis. red upon every one of the seven itions submitted by the miners. 1 Riordan. 30 years old. of Troy, a student in the Pennsylvania y of the Fine Arts, committed suicide in Philadelphia in her room of a

boarding hausc.

In the election in the Philippine' natives in most cases have been selected as governors of provinces. The' four-masted schooner Orlando Wooten, loaded with lumber from Savannah to Baltimore, is ashore off Cape

Hatteras.

Charles A. Goode was convicted at Lynchburg of bigamy and sentenced tfe three years in the penitentiary. William C Brown was elected third vice president pf the New York Central Railroad Company. Jacob Heiler. a wealthy farmer and tanner, wis killed bear Lehigh Gap, Pa., by an express train. Recently Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of the Pathfinder, fell and her hip was dislocated.. At Philadelphia Attorney J. Francis Bacon and his wife were held on a charge of conspiracy. J. A. Acuff. while drunk, shot Frank Haley seriously in the breast at Frank-, lin Junction, Va. I 1 Judge Cowing, in the Court of General Sessions, in New York, charged the February grand jury Ip, investigate the New York Central collision and the explosion in the subway. In his charge to the grand jury in St: Louis Judge Ryan severely condemned bribe-takers and directed the jury to investigate the charges brought. Mrs. Mary Wright. 8a years old. and her son Joseph, aged 30. living on the outskirts of Philadelphia, died from

starvation.

Miss Florence Ely. who kii Frank Ely Rodgers from Chica

be^ located in Cass

explosion

HUNDRED MEN. PERISH IN MINE Majority of Victim of Hoado Exploaloa Were Mexicans. BUT FEW AMERICANS WERE KILLED

I Oucs Be log Takea From Ike DebrisThe Work of Clearing Away the Wreck la Order to Oct to the Bodied is Belat Boshed as Rapidly as Possible.

San Antonia. Tex.. (Special).—The latest information from the Hondo (Mex.) mine explosion shows it to have been fully as serious as at first reported There was a total of 106 miners at work in the mine when the explosion occurred, and all of them are dead. The ma jority of the victims are Mexicans and Chinamen, very few Americans having been at work in the mine. Every mule in the mine was killed. The work of clearing away the wreck in order to get to the bodies is being rushed as rapidly as possible, but there is no hope that any of the 106 men will be

rescued alive. The explosion id was occasic

rurred in mine No. 6 i by striking a gas is the property of

pocket. The mine is the pro. the Coahuila Coal Company, R. M. McKenny being stfrerintendent. The name* of none of the victims have been learned here. The loss to the owners of tht

mine is very heavy.

HOWARD WAS CONVICTED.

Bat * Jary Fixed Pnlskaeat at lnyrisa*

meet lor Ule.

Frankfort. Ky., (Special).—The jury

Toward, on trial

the assassination of William Goebel,

returned a verdict of guilty against the

and fixed his punishment al

isr

is directing a stream on the fire from James aerial ladder about 40 feet from the : fountain erand when the wall fell. ,A portion j a , I'mch; the debris struck him. and he was | Three

* ' 'trough the air to the groi

probably_fatal injur'

mt. The n the jury

jury 1

ilted

‘PP" 1 in the

iseltoo. N, D ~ 1 tor «»* were severely injured by an [ retu n the site of the old A. T. I p r ;«i

‘E"" 6.. I 'it' inrAomi

Four stockmen were killed and five

inred in a collision on the Illinois Cen- jj f ^ VCTdjcl o( n,,

millionaire loda 1?" <H*«ion of punish of Boston, died J™"*-. and . ,hCT1 ^ vcn J 01 ™ v ° ,fd f °'

Pi Dehurst. N. C I I'fe imprisonment and fine for th. was | Three and a half tons of impure bak- : dcath . sentence. One by und., mg powder were destroyed by the health fav ° rln K ‘he death penalty

officials in New York. . : PT" 1 »'l for a II

_ James B. Agncw. who is wanted in : Howard s a^irncy says the ^ LOSS NEARLY A MILLION. _ various cities for swindling physicians, I appealed.

Extra! ol the Big Coaflatratiou in Norfolk. “ M.ss'Agues'" ngliTrsophomore medi- ! *lae Killed. Seven Wouadcd.

t cal student at the University of Michn

;gjn, killed herself.

isc will bi

t Norfolk. Va. (Special.)—A

| smoking ruins is all that remains of the j was performed' I Atlantic Hotel, the massive Columbia j Kansas City.

hep o!;*»J ; 11 s of the ; was p

(By

"• . , .. ... ! fice’s casualty 1 rspi°. r . .i»..".«

Cable).—The War Of

itherto unreported engageAbraham's Kraal, near Koffy-

Col

ration, on* of the greatest in the ; ral fittingly responded. -«f Norfolk, broke out shortly; Judge White, in the

2 o'clock in the morning, ant* ~

Snir 'M: clmT^SS 7 mw fSi ol io < wSI! jw- <**« a million Brown, colored, who was convicted of | '■ rencl l Llecember 17, ' been de- the murder of Jake Gullembeek. a store- dctr.ned to death is 1 ) be fully | kemrr. in Brhrhion. ! I< was announced fi

were wounded, that Commandan lured by Genera 1

indant Kritz-

Genera 1

confirmed

1 Soul' jer's ti

nothing has sinci

irom South Africa izmger's trial wouli

The loss is feclirved to be fully ! keeper, in Brighton. | J* was announced by insurance. The flames j James D. Corr was arraigned in New January 20. that Knti rted in the Columbia, which is the York on the charge of embezzling S/.000 begin this week, but gest but one of Norfolk's office build-1 from Le Boutelier Brothers, who cm- i been heard of his cal . It* was a structure six stories ] ployed him as bookkeeper. . , and. was built in 1802 by David j M, A. Osburn, a traveling salesi^an Across Cootlaeat in Three Day*. ner. The fire was I for the Carriage Manufacturing Coih-j St. Paul. (Special).—From ocean „j,- s ui&»*rf; 1 ^c-

building exploded ' Prisoners in

iring out the front | (Del.'

was 1

itt own

discovered at

afterward 1 stored, in t

terrific force, teai

from j (Del.) workhouse

re they <

water on the flame

afire.

CARNEGIE HEADS THE UST.

The firemen were driven back by Q f ,he food served to them (plosion, and before they could I subdued by their guards on „

the desperate struggle.

1 The Supreme Court of Porto Rico has I sustained the sentences of five murderers be garroted this raonth. Many etti-

—:— w— Hunt for

Castfc County | dian Pacific will make a reality early to inied on account : the spring. The equipment will cost

« to Varlou Intltutioai SJI.OM.OOO Dar-

lag the Year INL

New York, (Special).—During 1901 Americans gave $107^3604)00 for educational and philanthropic purposes, not ixndading donations to^eftafobes or ap|jropriations for ordinary charitable pur-

pottf- V

Andrew Carnegie heads the list with

1. hut Mrs. Le'and Stand ford

second with $1

natic

to be garroted this month xens art petitioning Cover

clemency.

$314100 xx.

is a close I—..

Among the, other large dona j Christopher L. Magee, beque Iphal, Pittsburg. $4^00000; | Rockefeller. New p-——

itions were:

for hos-

John

'ore Igo.

The rcvolntionary steamer Libertador is reported to havp been sunk by a Venezuelan government gunboat. The insurgents defeated the government troops commanded by General L'rbe-

neza. who was lulled.

A memorial service for Queen Victoria in • St. Matthew's Church. Westminster. was scandalized by a number of ami-ritualists shouting enithets. 'Reported in London that Lord Salisbury. the British premier, will retire from office at the close of the South

; the spring. The eqi

i the system nearly $1.0004100 and will bt supplied by builders an the United States. The new service will be in addition to that formerly operated and the new train will be tri-weekly. The Canadian Padfic will cut 24 hours from the running time. The new limited will have a 72-hour schedule between Montreal and Vancouver and will make average •'— time of 40.3 miles an hour.

VS 'J* ESTS," ,h ' ,,, ,h * ( Helen M Gould, New York. * " ~

' HAGUE DIPLOMATS ARE BUSY.

and an orthodox

monastery constructed in a Manchurian

* xwn.

Geficral Salazar, formerly assistant to General Alban, has been appointed Governor of Panama.

1 The Hague: (By Cable).—There is ^tmwomed activity in diplomatic cirdcs here, and it is generally believed to have yjflMF some connection with the Dutth note to Great Britain regarding peace m Soutji Africa. The German minister, I Count von Pourtales. had a long inter-' view with the British minister. Sir Henry Howard: the first secretary of rac British legation, A. F. G. Levesoni Gower, unexpectedly started for Lon- | don. and the Dutch foreign minister, I Baron van Lyndeu. had a conference I 'Dr. Kuyper, ftie premier of- the ' nda, and sulnequently - had an of Queen Wilhchnina. When

I philosophy, and worse Tied from the United

Howard went to t

r and held a lens c foreign ministi

AttcaptM Czar’s Ufc? (By Cable).—The Sunday correspondent in Vienna icie-

st night ilia: an attempt Booth. : upon the life of the opened

- The Earl of Mnnster, who .was a major of Sic Third J Battalion of the Royal Scots, was accidentally killed at the I ape Mines^.in South Africa. An avalanche buried the village of Bleibcrg. in Austria, and a number of persons were killed. The subject of Christian Science was discussed in the Reichstag. Herr Stoecker. formerly court preacher, declared that “Christian Science was product of bad j ' theology, import! States."

_

naral was capsized -by her cargo s and only one man of a crew of 22 survives. The Italian bark Lofaro wrecked off Sicilly Islands. The London Globe bitterly criticises the members of the diplomatic corps at Pekin for "permitting their wives and children to be degraded by bowing to the infamous woman" the Empress

Dowager.

big meeting in London General leader of the Salvation' Army,

x feature of army work.

Ukd Two. Threw Eo4lc« la WHL

M*. (Special.)—Wi hpe from Halil

falter Wax,

1 with the murder of George j!

»'atch Case Company has been called

running t

Shot Lover and Daoghter.

Havana. III. (SpcciaL)—Mrs. Robinson McCdol shot Joseph Lewis and her ten-year-old daughter, and then killed herself. She left a letter confessing her love for Lewis, and requesting that the three bodies be taken for burial to Peoria. where she had a burial lot, and that her property, after paying the fu--neral expanses, be given to her brother Richard, saying that he was the ofily one who ha&'ever been kind to her. She had some insurance. Mrs. McCool about two Years ago attempted to kill her husband, from whom she had f : — been divorced. . Her little daughter

Lewis will probably recover.

Invitation to Kruger.

Washington (Special).—Representative Cochran, of Missouri, introduced in the House the following resolution: Retoh’rd by the Senate and the House, That Hon. Paul Kruger. President of the South African Republic, is hereby invited to visit the United States as the guest of the country, at soch time as may suit his convenience. For. the defrayment of his expenses incurred in his entertainment while m this country the sum of $254100. or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury' not otherwise appropriated.

Filipinos Stuff Ballot Box.

Manila (By Cable).—The returns so far received indicate the election, in most cases, of natives as governors of Capt. Harry H. Bandholz, of the Second -Infantry, defeated Major Cornelius Gardener, of the Thirteenth ’ r, the present governor of Tayaivince. Hie military men’ claim that accepting elective office will necessitate resignation from the Array. At Balanga, the capital of Bataan, there arc onJv 84 voters, but 80 votes were cast ana another election has been ordered.

QoamM Over Pies.

-Butler. Pa, (Special).—Word

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. A “CoUaUI Office” NcxlT The direction of tjie destinies of our insular possessions may be raised to the dignity of an independent Cabinet posi-

tion.

Secretary Elihu Root has prepared a plan for the transfer of the Insular Bureau of the War Department to another executive department and to enlarge its scop# and make it a colonial office with a civilian head. It was the plan of late Presidenl an office, to .n^— — , —. — — placed under the authority of the State

Department.

■ Mr. Root's scheme follows closely that

id has in view the

office under important afipptnes. Porto

jd. It was the plan of the csident McKinley to create such e. to be styled a colonial office, under the authority of the State

nent.

■ jnr. Root's schemi

if Mr. McKinley 1 ,

creation of rm extensive ol

which will be placed all itn; fairs relating to the Philipp Rico, Guam and Hawaii. N«w Dcpartnest BalMlai-

The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds authorized Senator Fairbanks to make a favorable report on his bill providing for the erection of a new department building in

the old

provid depart)

Washington, on the site of 1 Corcoran Art Gallery, at the cc Seventeenth street and Penn:

old

of

nth street and Pennsylvania

avenue. - The bill provides that the building shall be devoted to the use of the State Department and the Department of Justice, and that space shall be allotted in the building to the clerical force under the immediate control of the President, and which now finds working space in the White House. No appropriation is made, but authority is

given to acquire the site and erect t

building. The supervising architect estimates that a suitable building can be

put up for $74x104)00. Wbea Enpteyes Seek a Raise.

The President has issued the following

executive order:

“All officers and employes of the United States of every description, serving in or nnder any of the Executive Departments, and whether so serving in or out of Washington, are hereby forbidden, either directly or indirectly, individually or through associations, to solicit an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to influence in their own inlegto' *' - : -‘—

mgress or its committees, or in save through the heads of the nts in or under which they italty

or under

serve, on penalty of dismii

~ rice.

'Theodom Roosevelt. "White House, January 31, 1902."

Census BUI Passes.

The House of Representatives passed j the bill for the creation of a permanent - Census Bnreau. The friends of the

service law, who

IMMENSE LOSS BY GREAT FIRE The DiBtfe at Waterbary. Com., ii Fally

ACRES OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Rarely Have FlreaMU B«ra Obliged to Coslead Against Worse Conditions Than Thoac Which Prevailed Proa First to Last la the Disastrous Fire—The Wisd Was Biowlat a Galt, aad the Cold Was latcaac. Waterbary, Conn. (Special.)—For 15 hours—from 6.feo P. M. Sunday until 9-jo A. M. Monday—the heart of this

city

y was a furnace.

As the smoke of the ruins is dying away with the gale it is estimated that between $3,000,000 and $4.0004XX> damage has been done With the wind roar ing at 60 miles an hour, all the principal fire departments of the State were powerless for a long time to cope with thr

destroying wall of flame.

With all this great property loss there has been, strange to say. no loss of life and but few accidents have been reAll the buildings in the business section bounded on the north by Exchangt Place, on the west by Bank street, or the south by Grand street, and on thr east by South Main street, embracing four acres of the center of the city, are

ruim

first fire, which begun in the big f the Reid & Hughes Drug Good*

The

store of the

e Company, o i- sidered undi

000 worth of pre

About tl

Reid i

s Bank street, was 1

ler control until about $24xx>. of property had been de-

roved. About the time the firemen ipposed they had controlled this a disastrous fire started in another quartet of the city, near the city hall and thr

police station.

- The Scovell House, the city's leading hotel, remodeled by the late Judge E. C Lewis a few years ago at an expense ol about $754)00. was discovered, to be 01 bfc about 4 A. Xf. and was a complete

wreck at daybreak. At the outs« blaze its occupants were forced the street in their night clothes. With the ringing of a sc

set of thr d No seek

_ ringing of a second alarm

the city was thrown into a panic. The jaded firemen dragged their apparatn* from the scene of the first conflagration and poured a flow of water upon the big hotel. The gale and flames soon over powered them, and the hotel and adjoining property soon went the way of other

buildings.

Spraying sparks thicker than the fall-

ing snowflakes covered the entire business center of the city like an umbrella,

the occupants of buildings in the - .u 1- —- blow!—

and

pathi

ing the employees of the

for transfer or retention, were over-

whelmingly defea ' ~

the bill the

feated. By the tenr

the permanent organization »

the p

nenus 01 luc civil f \{ a -o r £dvk*'

opposed to mak- jg, the^L of an cxplosi> ic bureau eligible acler dangerous unlei

l>l<'» "

the rolls upon the date of the passage of the act will become eligible for transfer to other departrticnts or retention in the permanent organization. The bill also provides foB a manufacturing census in

1905 and for the collect!! special statistics annually.

plaudcd the had passed.

ancex was .... . .

Through the efforts of the Mayor electric currents throughout thetity were cut off shfrtfy after the sending in of the first alarm. Electric lights everywhere went out. trolley cars were stalled, and with the cutting of telephone and telegraph wires the city was nearly cut off

from the outside world. THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.

Oigaaizatlou Ccnpktcd iby the Election ol

Phllipplact' Treason Acts. . Senator Rawlins introduced a resolution making inquiry of the Secretary of War whether “the new Treason Act in the Philippines" has been passed by the Philippine Commission. The resolution cites a circular purporting to give the language of the. a "

provision makes

treason against th. Philippines punishable by. and imprisonment for sei other provides a fine of $24)00

' t for tV

kes the eoncealment 1 it the Unired States or tl inishable by a fine of $14)1

prisonment for two years for uttering seditious words, and a third prorides a fine of $14)00 and imprisonment for one year for persons belonging to secret societies having for their object the pro-

motion of treason.

Another prohibition is against advocating the independence of the Philippines or their separation from the United States, “whether by peaceable or forcible means." The penalty for the.

penalty for infraction of this requirement is a

■HpPPH mpted to kill nf $24)00 and imprisonment for a year, isband, from whom she had since 1 The resolution went over for future con-

ji||—daughter and sidcration.

Secretary Skaw Takes Oath.

In the presence of the chief officials of the-Treasury Department, Senator Dolliver and nearly all of Iowa’s delegation in the lower house of Congress and other friends, ex-Goyemor Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, took 'the prescribed oath of office as Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding Lyman J. Gage. The oath was administered by Mr. Justice Shiras. of the United States Supreme Court, in the largest of the Secretary’s office rooms in the Treasury' Building. As soon as the ceremony was conclude ’ Secretary Shaw was warmly congratt

lated by each person present upon

accession to his high office.

' m 9* w .‘ do f .T™ 1 * 1 Electric Company ha*

capital stock from $v of )4XX> ^ inj!

been received from Slippery Rode, Pa., commerce

“ " cl '* 1 s remain*. Smith '

that the General laurant of Jonathan

accession to hi* high Only Salrsfloa of Cuba.

The War Department made public four cablegram* from Cuban sources, urging in the ttrongest terms the speedy reduction of import duties on Cuban sugar and tobacco, and stating that such action is the only salvation of the island in the present emit of its economic situation. One of them, addressed'to the President,, and by him referred to Secretanr Root, is signed by Jorge de la Calle, president of the Audencia of Pinar del Rio, and a number of other officials of that city. Another is from Sanchez Portal, Mayor of Santa Clara.

For a ft*w DepurtaMt

Thy bill - creating a department *f

* »* the

SSi

ing up buildings under

i called into play.

fuff declared of any charlike dreunr-

Washington. D: G, (Special).—The ameme f ganization

hmgti pe Institution completed its by the election of the following executive committee: Abram S. Hewitt. Dr. D. C. Gilman. Secretary of War Elihu Root. Dr. J. S. Billings. Carroll D. Wright. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Dr. G D.-Walcott. Dr. Gilman, president of the institution. reported that a house, 1439 K street, had been secured for a temporary home for the institution. The erection later of an administration build-

.. which _

Resohed. That the board of t

osity of

iwlcdging the r. Carnegie in

of trustees,

the gift in of the

express the

trustees in the scope in his deed of trui

t the donal'

connect!

concurrence of the t

and purposes stated in his deed of trust, and hereby formally accept the donation and the responsibilities connected with it The meeting today was a brief one Lx-Mayor Hewitt, of New York, preided. The by-laws of the institutior. •ere carefully considered and a few changes in the language of the final draft : jnadc. These changes make the is of office of the trustees three inVlead of five years. A spedfic provision was inserted in the--fifth article that no expenditure shall be authorized or madt by the executive committee except to pursuance of a previous appropriation

by the board. v ROCKEFELLER'S GIFT TO HARVARD.

A MHH01 D#Oare A Sapplmcst Morgan'i

Million tar Medical School

Cambridge, Mass. (Spedal.)—Following the announcement at Harvard commencement exercises last June that J. P Morgan had agreed to erect, at a cost ol over a million dollars, three of the buildings required for the accommodation ol the Harvard Medical School, in carryingout thdr new plans for medical education and research, President Eliot announced to the medical- faculty that J. D Rockefeller proposes to give a millio# dollars in furtherance of this great proj 1 ect. provided that other friends of tht university will raise a *um of money to the neighborhood of half a million dol-

Airhrakti DM Not ItaM.

Dubuque, Iowa (Special).—A rearend collision between freight trains or the IlHnots Central at Apple River, 11L. I station 30 miles east of here, resulted , the death of four stockmen and tht

five other*. The

CHINA TO EMBRACE WESTERN WAYSBttptttt Bitterly Repents Attack M UfttlMf — trsnnrknhk Reception. Pekin, (By Cable)—The Dowager Empress, the Emperor and the Empress received the ladies and children of the members of the Diplomatic Corps in the private apartments of the palace. The Dowager Empress declared that China would abandon her isolation and adopt the best features of Western civil-

ization.

The audience wgh the most revolutionary event since the return of the court to Pekin. The exclusivene* * of Chinese royalty and the prejudices —.t.- • . .. wpre

less for-

Chinese royalty and the pro] against the meeting of the sex'-, waived, and the function was Ic

ma! than is usual in E

The Dowager Empi

throne, with a brilliai

princesses and c

inctioi

usual jn European courts.

ipied t

mt assemblage of

princesses and court ladies about her. The Emperor was seated upon a small

platform in the center of the rc The visitors, upon entering,

twice to the Emperor, and several of them ascended the throne and bowed to the Dowager Empress. Mr*. Conger, wife of United State* Minister Conger, a* doyencss of the Diplomatic Corps, read a speech, which was translated by

Secretary Williams.

The Dowager Empress' reply was exceedingly friendly in tone. It was in

part as follows:

“Last year the dissensions in the palace caused a revolution which compelled our hasty departure, but it is a great gratification to us that our return to the capital has caused such rejoicing in China

and abroad."

Baron Czikann. the Austrian minister, and Doyen, of the diplomatic corps, presented all the ladies to the Dowager Empress, who took the hand of each of them. They were next presented to the Emperor, who also shook hands with

them.

BOY MANGLED BY ICE PLANER. Drawn late n Machine and His Flesh Mutilated

in a Horrible Manner.

Goshen, N. Y. (Special.)—Daring the process of filling one of the large icehouses at Hurdtown, George Callahan, aged sixteen years, lost his life in a

shocking manner.

The boy w-as arranging the lamps to continue the filling of the house during the night, when his fool slipped and he was thrown on the conveyor that carries the cakes of ice from the water

into the building.

Before being carried into the house the ice is passed under a machine that planes it to a uniform thickness. Toward this planer the boy was carried, and before be could be rescued by his fellow-workmen he was drawn under the knives of the machine, which cut away his flesh and bones in a horrible manner. The boy died a short time after being taken of* '■* •'— —

machine.

Cun Skated Dawn HBL Pittsburg (Special).—Three people killed, two fatally hurt and a score of others more or less injured, is the record made by two runaway cars on the Monongahela branch of the Pittsburg

railway.

railway. A numhtr of others were hurt, but none seriously enough to be

tr. fk*. l,rtc„,tal 'ilia

nile

it jumped into the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, carrying away the side of

, Jusly taken to the hospital. Tl

port. A car with beyond control of

— — — —Jpital. The accident <x ■ed at the foot of the long hill run- - into Wilmerding from McKcesA car without passengers got

icd down the hill, which is a mil ;, at a terrific speed. At the bqttor . umped into the Pennsylvani: road Station, carrying away the the depot and tearing up the plat

dashed down the hill, which is a mile long, at a terrific speed. At the lx

3 ’ 1 vania

_ the si _

ic platform.

Not Permitted to Laud Willemstad, IsIaniT of Curaco. (By Cable).—It is reported here that on the French consul at Caracas further insisting that M. Seercstat, Jr- of Bordeaux, be allowed to land at La Guaira, according to the agreement of the Venezuelan government, to make formal protest against the seizure of the estates of General Matos, which were leased to M. Secrestat, Sr- President Castro tansed the consul to be notified that he formally refused to alloic the traveler to land, basing his refusal on the ground that M. Scores tat was an agent of the revolu-

tionists.

San Juan. Porto Rioo (Special).—The House of Delegates has asked for information regarding Porto Rican prisoners in the Spanish penitentiary at Ceuta. Morocco. The records show that-40 prisoners were sent from Porto Rico to Ceuta betwaen 1882 and 1898. Against 17 of thesehpersons no specific charges went brought, they being, it is said, political prisoners. An effort will probably bc made to secure their release through Secretary of State Hay. Fir* Sentenced ta Death in Porto Rica. San Juan. Porto Rico. (Special).— The sentencing by the District Court of Ponce of five murderers ta be garroted

sustained by Island. A nt

^— : — ’he Governor's clemency. The members of a gang, fire of whom, were garroted at Ponce in 190a Tortured la Venezuela T New York, (Special).—Hippolyte Lambert has made a claim for $150,000 damages against the Government of Venezuela lor alleged false imprisonment, iorture while imprisoned and the loss of certain papers. He was arrested in Caracas in July last. In his claim, filed with Secretary of State Hay. ha says he is an American by naturaliza6D0S AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. Judge Taley ordered a receivership for the lace industries of Dowie at his Con. in Chicago, in order to protect Samuel Stevenson's interest In the plant.

: others^ The stockmer 1

1 TTSkSidrn.